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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Thursday called for an independent review of allegations that the National Football League sought to improperly influence a government study into the link between football and brain disease. Dion Dawkins Youth Jersey .In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general, GOP leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee said that a thorough assessment is needed to ensure the integrity of the process for awarding research grants.The committees top Democrat said in May the NFL tried to strong-arm the National Institutes of Health into taking the project away from a prominent researcher that the league believed was biased.But the committees chairman, Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, and other GOP members of panel said they dont have all the facts needed to reach conclusions. All the attention generated by claims the NFL tried to sway the study have tarnished the reputations of leading researchers into traumatic brain injuries and other medical experts, they said in the 21-page letter to the departments inspector general, Daniel Levinson.The lawmakers also said that based on the information they have, the institutes may have contributed to the breakdown of the structures and processes that exist to preserve the integrity of NIH research.The NFL said in a statement that it looks forward to cooperating with the inspector general. The NFL has never wavered in its commitment to advance the science and understanding of concussions and traumatic brain injuries, the league said.Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., initiated an investigation after ESPN reported in December that the league had agreed to donate $30 million to the NIH to fund brain research. But the league backed out after the institutes went ahead with a $16 million grant to Boston University researcher Robert Stern, according to the sports networks report.Stern is a leading expert on the link between football and brain diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. He also filed a declaration opposing a settlement between the NFL and former players, fearing that deserving players would not be compensated.The NFLs critics say the league has downplayed the link between football and brain damage, alleging that an NFL committee on brain injury had ignored or minimized the link between repetitive head trauma and brain damage.Pallone said his probe confirmed the NFL inappropriately attempted to use its unrestricted gift as leverage to steer funding away from one of its critics, Pallone said.The NFL denied Pallones findings. The league at the time acknowledged it had raised concerns about the study and a potential conflict of interest involving Stern, but said it had communicated those concerns through appropriate channels.The league said in the statement Thursday that its $30 million commitment was never in doubt and said its unfortunate that the allegations have distracted attention from the broader goal of further traumatic brain injury science.Upton and other Republicans said if the NFL acted inappropriately, then NIH not only failed to identify and address this behavior, but rather encouraged ongoing discussion, thus creating a perception that the league had input on the use of (research) funds.There is little evidence to suggest, Upton and his colleagues wrote, that anyone affiliated with the NFL advocated on behalf of a specific research team or grant proposal.---Follow Richard Lardner on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rplardner Zay Jones Bills Jersey . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap. 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SAN JOSE, Calif. Joe Mixon Womens Jersey . -- University of North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance has some experience when it comes to the NCAA Womens College Cup. The coach has so much experience, in fact, that he has won three times as many national championships in the San Jose-Santa Clara area alone as the other three semifinalists now settling in at Avaya Stadium have won in total.But even Dorrance hasnt been a part of the seasons final weekend since 2012, the longest absence in his decades in charge of the dynasty from Chapel Hill. Not to worry. If he wants a refresher on how this all works, he need only ask Tar Heels redshirt junior defender Maggie Bill.It was just six months ago, after all, that Bill celebrated an NCAA title. And it was just 18 months ago that she felt the sting of coming up one game -- one goal -- shy of that accomplishment.Both moments came through lacrosse, a sport in which Bill is one of the best players in the college game. Good enough to have played for the United States womens national team and nearly earned a roster spot on the team that will try to win a world championship next year. But if she is less well known in soccer, and if the position she plays was largely unknown to her until recently, these Tar Heels are competing for a 22nd NCAA soccer title because she is no dabbler.Shes one of the reasons weve had this kind of year, said Dorrance, whose team plays West Virginia in Fridays semifinals. If she werent with us, I cant imagine where we would be.That Bill cant imagine life without both sports is why she is in California this week. The divided loyalties with lacrosse, which plays a spring season, arent unprecedented for the Tar Heels, but Bill is the first since Elizabeth Lancaster pulled it off a decade ago.When it came to choosing a college, Bill recalled that a lot of lacrosse programs were hesitant to share the Long Island product with their soccer counterparts. A few flat-out told her they wouldnt let her. She was ready to commit to lacrosse-power Northwestern, which was at least open to the two-sport idea if not, by her estimation, entirely enthusiastic, when her high school lacrosse coach advised her to check out North Carolina. In lacrosse coach Jenny Levy, who sought Dorrances counsel when she started her program from scratch two decades ago, she found someone who was not just willing but enthusiastic to make it work. So while Bill attends North Carolina on a lacrosse scholarship, her falls belong to soccer.Whether Bo Jackson playing football and baseball at Auburn or Marion Jones competing in track and basketball at North Carolina, even great two-sport athletes are generally better in one sport than the other. In one, they dominate by physical ability. They are better than everyone else. In the other, they compete as if that should produce the same result. Sure enough, it often does.Bill said Dorrance is often surprised at how much confidence a part-time soccer player shows.I have a little bit more confidence in my abilities with lacrosse, just because I have more, I guess, results to go off of with that, Bill said. I think Ive definitely gotten more confident over the years. Ive realized how a lot of preparing for games is mental and most of that is just confidence. Thats something Ive worked on a lot, just making sure I believe in myself.That trust in herself is also part of the reason Bill wasnt on the field when the Tar Heels won the lacrosse title earlier this year. After earning All-American accolades the previous season and leading the lacrosse team in scoring when it lost the title game by a single goal to Maryland, she redshirted the subsequent soccer season, in the fall of 2015. Then she did the same in the most recent lacrosse season, in the spring of 2016. She wanted to focus on academics, but she also knew she needed a mental break.Ive been going and going since I was in maybe eighth grade, just constantly playing games, constantly practicing, said Bill, who was competing in basketball, lacrosse and soccer at a varsity level by the time she was in middle school. Ive never really had a break. Id have a month during December and a little bit of the summer, but I think I needed to take a step back and just kind of hit the reset button, I guess. I felt like I had a lot more to offer, both in soccer and lacrosse, and I think I needed to clear my head and focus more on my mental outlook and how I feel mentally in order to be able to perform the way I know I can athletically.I think I could have played both seasons out and kept going, but I feel like I wouldnt really be able to get closer to my potential.She continued to practice with both teams during their respective seasons. She was there outside Philadelphia when the lacrosse team won it all at the end of May. But stepping away from the actual games, from the mental energy required to prepare for and decompress from them, brought peace of mind.Just as they were willing to share her, Dorrance and Levy were willing to wait for her.With most of his lineup up for grabs after the departure of five seniors and the absences of three more likely starters because of the Under-20 World Cup or medical reasons, Dorrance was happy to have her back on the field this fall. And happy to continue to play her at center back despite a background that was almost exclusively as an attacking player until she got to Chapel Hill.We were trying to figure out a way to put a team on the field that could compete, Dorrance said. So we were looking at all the different pieces. We throw her in back there, and at first it was a bit rough -- it wasnt just rough for her, it was rough for the team.Slowly but surely, because she is an elite athlete but also incredibly coachable, she and the rest of the roster kept getting better.Bill plays between Julia Ashley and Hanna Gardner in the back of North Carolinas trademark 3-4-3 formation. That isnt an easy job even for someone who has the entire spring practice season to work at it. When the United States womens national team recently experimented with a back three, co-captain Becky Sauerbrunn described it as intimidating. And Sauerbrunn is as good as there is in the world. Defenders in a three-back formation have less protection and more responsibility. Get it wrong and, well, things like a 3-0 loss to USC happen. But in the past eight games, spanning the regular-season finale against Florida State, the ACC tournament and the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament, the Tar Heels have conceded just a single goal.Credit for that can be spread across the field, from Lindsey Harris in goal to the midfield work of players like co-captain Darcy McFarlane. But credit also the immovable object in the middle of the back line, a brilliant one-on-one defender nonetheless perfectly in sync with Ashley and Gardner.Not bad for a part-timer.In addition to her athleticism, she also has this incredible composure about her, McFarlane said. Which says a lot about her as an athlete. She can come from her lacrosse season and jump into soccer right away and doesnt skip a beat. Shes a really solid, composed presence in the back.She will be back on the lacrosse field this spring, although at Dorrances urging, professional soccer likely beckons when her time in Chapel Hill comes to an end. Should she finally pick a sport on which to focus fully, an idea that intrigues her, she may be North Carolinas best pro prospect.For now she is trying to heed the advice she would give the freshman version of herself.Dont worry about yesterday or tomorrow, Bill said. I think it would just be to really stay in the moment because, to me, its gone so fast and Ive had such a great time. But there are some moments where I wish I kind of was more present in that moment, instead of worrying about something else -- how I played before or being nervous about a game in the future.That moment affords her an opportunity this weekend to be a part of a second national championship in a matter of months, this time from the field. Joe Mixon Jersey .J. -- Seven games into a disappointing season, New York Giants defensive catalyst Jason Pierre-Paul is getting the feeling hes back. John Ross Youth Jersey . 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DENVER -- Ryan Raburn got waved home for this walk-off. Reuben Foster Jersey .Raburn hit an RBI double and rounded the bases when the Cubs threw away the relay, capping a two-run rally in the 11th inning against Aroldis Chapman that sent the Colorado Rockies over Chicago 7-6 early Saturday.We had luck on our side tonight, Raburn said. I was fortunate enough to get a slider up that I could get the bat on.On a wet night when rain delayed the start for more than two hours, and with temperatures dropping into the 40s, the Rockies wound up winning well past midnight.Dexter Fowler, who led off the game with a home run, gave Chicago a 6-5 lead by blooping an RBI single in the top of the 11th.In the bottom half, Nick Hundley singled with one out off Chapman (0-1). Raburn then tied it with a drive off the right-field wall. And when second baseman Javier Baez made a wild throw that got past catcher Willson Contreras and flew into the Cubs dugout, the umpires pointed Raburn home.I saw them talking to each other and waving to each other, Raburn said. When I saw them tell me to go to home plate, thats when the emotions really started. Its a great win for us, a big win against a great opponent.Cubs manager Joe Maddon said that the umpires ruled that Raburn had reached second before the relay throw was made, entitling him to two bases on the error.Had the ball hit the screen (in front of the dugout) and come back, it is still in play. But it went out, Maddon said.Matt Carasiti (1-0) got the win.Down 5-1 after six innings, the Rockies scratched back and later scored three times in the eighth to tie it at 5. They went on to post their first extra-inning win in four tries this season, overtaking the team with the best record in the majors.Rookie David Dahl homered for Colorado. 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Michael Jennings lifted Josh Mansours head, and was rewarded with a kiss. Derek Rivers Jersey .Mansour sunk to the lowest of State of Origin lows on Wednesday when the NSW wingers 75th-minute slip gifted Queensland fullback Darius Boyd what looked to be yet another heartbreaking game-winner.As has often been the case during the Maroons decade of dominance, they seemingly found a way to claim victory at the death.Blues centre Jennings, who himself had to be picked up from a night to forget at Suncorp Stadium in game two, acted quickly to console his former Penrith teammate.He felt sick to the stomach and he felt he let the team down, Jennings said.I remember saying to him, `Thats just part of Origin. You ride the highs and you ride the lows.The only thing you can do is put your head up because it doesnt matter - its not just that one point where you make a mistake (when you lose).In those situations you do need someone there to give you a bit of guidance and it was me.However it took just three minutes for Mansour to go from drowning in his own sorrow to being swept up in relief, with Jennings beating five defenders at the death to steal a last-gasp victory.And the Blues winger was one of the first to celebrate with his centre partner.When I scored the try he come over and give me a kiss and he was over the moon, said Jennings, who is slated to be one of Mansours groomsman at his wedding later on in the year.But dont worry, hes a bad kiss.Jennings future in the Blues line-up had come under scrutiny after game two, where he came up with two crucial errors, including a fingertip knock-on that denied NSW a potential game-winner.But the Parramatta centre shrugged off the criticism to play a major role in the Blues dead-rubber win, and is now eyeing a leadership role in next years series.With Paul Gallen retiring, and the future of vice-captain Robbie Farah in doubt, Jennings 18 Origin jumpers could be the most in the team.Having that experience, I can be a calm head to the boys and just a soft voice, he said.Im not too frantic. 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PITTSBURGH -- Its hard to know which team has momentum going into Fridays series opener between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. ArDarius Stewart Youth Jersey .Maybe neither.The Brewers are coming off of a 3-1 win over St. Louis that ended a 10-game homestand, but they lost six in a row before that.The Pirates got swept in three games by the Cubs in Chicago, ending with a 6-5 loss Wednesday, after a rousing four-game sweep of the Brewers last weekend in Milwaukee, where Pittsburgh rarely has won.Both teams had a day off Thursday.We got pushed down three games in a row. We just went through Milwaukee and pushed forward four days in a row, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.You just keep showing up and keep playing. Its the beauty of the sport and the beauty of what those men out there do, are built to do and are wired to do together.While Milwaukee (57-76) dropped far off the pace, Pittsburgh (67-64) has a realistic shot at making the playoffs despite some highly streaky play. Since the All-Star break, the Pirates are .500 at 21-21.Ups and downs, shortstop Jordy Mercer told mlb.com. I wish we had the answer. I dont know. I cant pinpoint one thing. Its part of it, really.Hurdle expects his club to be resilient.They keep coming. Why would you back away? he said. Youve got a month of baseball left to play, so youve got to keep pushing it out there every day, regardless if you get pushed down.Fridays game will be the first of 17 at home this month for the Pirates, while Milwaukee will be playing the first of 18 on the road in September.We expected in September to be playing teams that are in the thick of things; good teams, manager Craig Counsell said. Going on the road doesnt get any easier for us, for sure, but well keep going.Just like Pittsburgh, the Brewers expect some never-quit in their game.You have to keep coming, outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis said. Thats why I really love this group. I think we have a good group in the clubhouse. We keep each other accountable for coming to play every day.Perhaps Milwaukee can get a lift from the return of right-hander Junior Guerra, who is expected to come off of the DL (right elbow inflammation) and start Friday.Guerra (7-3, 2.93) was arguably the Brewers most consistent starter before getting hurt. He is 1-0 with a 1.72 ERA in three career appearances against the Pirates.With Guerra back, the Brewers will expand their rotation to six.I think initially well definitely use six guys, so hell just kind of slot in, Counsell said. 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The Royals outslugged the Detroit Tigers on Sunday 12-9, with Raul Mondesi, Cheslor Cuthbert, Salvador Perez and Alex Gordon going deep for Kansas City.That game really felt like it was a catfight, kicking and scratching, biting, clawing, eye-gouging, Royals manager Ned Yost said.Wade Davis picked up his 26th save in the victory. While the Royals bullpen is not as strong as in the past two seasons, when it won back-to-back AL championships, it still remains one of the best in the majors. Other clubs are attempting to emulate the Royals by building stalwart bullpens.Teams are seeing the value of it, Yost said. I think that we proved last year that with a real strong, lock-down bullpen you can go a long way and win a world championship. It takes a lot of pressure off your starting pitchers; starting pitching is where you spend most of your money. I think we showed there are alternative ways you can be successful.Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who reached 100 RBI for the first time on Saturday, received a rare day off on Sunday, but almost certainly will be in the lineup Tuesday.Hes had one day off all year long, Yost said. Like some guys, hes a little beat up. Its a perfect day for it. He got his 100th RBI (Saturday). Its a good day to just take a break.The Twins wrap up their dismal season with six road games, three each at Kansas City and Chicago. They drew 1.963,912 fans to Target Field, where they lost 50 of 81 games.Despite the year, we felt supported by our fans, drawing close to two million fans in a year in which things did not go particularly well, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. I just wanted to acknowledge that on behalf of the team. We appreciate the people coming out.The Royals have had their way with the Twins this year, winning 13 of 16.Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy will start the series opener. Kennedy, who has a 3.52 ERA in four September starts, is 3-0 with a 2.31 ERA against Minnesota this year. He is 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA in six career starts versus the Twins.Kennedy lost his previous start, 4-3 Wednesday at Cleveland, allowing three runs and a season-high 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings for his first road defeat since July 1. Kennedys 2.36 ERA since July 30 leads the American League, giving up 18 earned runs in 68 2/3 innings. He is 5-1 since that date after an 0-3 record and 4.96 ERA in July.The Twins will counter with Jose Berrios, who has endured a rough rookie indoctrination -- 2-7 with an 8.88 ERA and only one quality start in his first dozen starts. Berrios threw three scoreless innings Wednesday against Detroit before rain washed it out. Prior to that, Berrios gave up two runs on four hits and three walks in four innings in a 3-0 loss at the New York Mets.This will be his third start this year against the Royals. 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Perth Glory coach Kenny Lowe says hes at a loss to explain his teams woeful display against Newcastle, but he hasnt given up hope of turning the clubs fortunes around. Patrick Mahomes II Youth Jersey .Glory slipped further behind in the A-League title race after suffering a shock 2-1 loss to the lowly Jets at nib Stadium on Saturday night.The result ended Perths 10-match unbeaten run at home, and leaves them five points adrift of third spot heading into a daunting clash with ladder leaders Sydney.Newcastle entered Saturdays match with just one win to their name, but they completely dominated Perth and would have won by far more if not for a series of stunning saves by Glory goalkeeper Liam Reddy.Lowe was particularly shocked at how poor his team were in the first half, with the players even booed off the field by their own supporters at the break.At the end of the day, all they want is a performance with some character and attitude, Lowe replied when asked about the booing.Its the first time for me, and hopefully its the last.Maybe its an off night. Obviously you dont want too many of those.The injury absence of star playmaker Diego Castro (hamstring) has hurt Glory at a crucial time of the year.Castro isnt due back until January, meaning hell miss crunch matches against Sydney, Melbourne City, and Western Sydney.Lowe was reluctant to use Castros absence as an excuse for his teams poor form.And he said it was up to everyone at the club to lift.Its not just the players. Its all of us, Lowe said.Were all in it together. Its not me, its a we scenario.Glory have just one win to their name from their past seven games.Jets attacker Andrew Hoole cancelled out Nebojsa Marinkovics opener, before an embarrassing own goal from Glory midfielder Milan Smiljanic in first-half stoppage time gifted Newcastle all three points.The Jets welcomed back Daniel Mullen, Nigel Boogaard, and Andrew Nabbout from injury against Perth, while Morten Nordstrand is set to return in Friday nights home clash with Adelaide United.Jets coach Mark Jones was thrilled with the victory against Perth, which broke a seven-match winless run.Its not rocket science. You take five or six starting players out of any team in the world, and the teams going to struggle, Jones said.If we keep playing the same way (we did against Perth), it would be nice to sneak into the six. Tanoh Kpassagnon Youth Jersey . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. Tanoh Kpassagnon Jersey .1 million pounds ($61.2 million) on Saturday, giving the beleaguered English Premier League champions a major lift. http://www.prochiefsauthentic.com/Youth-Patrick-Mahomes-II-Elite-Jersey/ . LOUIS -- St. RIO DE JANEIRO -- They rowed for two kilometers.The gold medal came down to an inch.New Zealands Mahe Drysdale and Croatias Damir Martin crossed the finish line in the mens single sculls side by side, not knowing which one of them was the new Olympic champion.We were sitting there. He looked at me and said, `Whats the result? I looked at him and I said: `I dont know. It was an agonizing wait, said Drysdale. Im happy I was on the right side of it but it could have gone either way.They finished the race in the same time to the hundredth of a second bbut a photo analysis showed the bow of Drysdales boat was in front by 3 centimeters, or an inch. Tanoh Kpassagnon Womens Jersey. The Croatian, who had never medaled in the event on the world stage, accepted the decision gracefully.I was happy when I realized I was second at the Olympic Games and my name is Damir Martin, he said. I gave 1,000 percent of myself in that race. Its my first (medal) in the single. I hope next one is another color. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' ' 

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Los Angeles lost for the 12th time in 18 playoff games since beating Atlanta in the 2013 NLDS.Starting with Game 4 on Tuesday at Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers will need back-to-back wins on both sides of the continent to avoid a fourth straight postseason disappointment.Weve missed the big hit for the last two games, but it happens, said rookie shortstop Corey Seager, who hit an RBI double in the first inning. Weve got to move on and find that big hit.Nobody managed two hits for the Dodgers, who are on the brink of losing their third consecutive division series and their fourth straight playoff series. They havent been to the World Series since 1988, when Gibson hit his iconic homer off Oaklands Dennis Eckersley to propel Los Angeles toward its most recent championship.The Nationals havent won a playoff series since they were the 1981 Montreal Expos, but they might have found an opponent with even more deep-seated postseason problems.Were not afraid of this, first-year Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Its been a long season. Its been a lot of highs and lows. But I know that theres no quit in our guys.The Dodgers never recovered after Washington chased Maeda with four hits and four runs in the third inning. Ruizs homer trimmed the Dodgers deficit to 4-3 in the fifth, but the Nationals bullpen continued its utter mastery over Los Angeles with 4 2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball.The collapse was psychologically capped when Jansen entered a one-run game and gave up four more, retiring just one of his five batters in the ninth. Jansen yielded Jayson Werths massive homer and got chased when Josh Reddick botched Ryan Zimmermans catchable fly to right, scoring two more runs.We cant lose another one, so weve just got to compete, Jansen said in a subdued clubhouse. We still have a shot to win two, and why not?MAEDA MISSESMaeda was the unexpected stalwart this season in the Dodgers patchwork rotation, which lost Clayton Kershaw to injuries and Zack Greinke to Arizonas $206.5 million largesse.Maeda led Los Angeles with 16 victories, 175 2/3 innings, 179 strikeouts and a career-high 32 starts while the Dodgers gave extra rest to the 28-year-old rookie to get close to his usual weeklong gaps between starts.He was the only starter to remain in the injury-plagued rotation all season, but perhaps the longest and most draining year of his baseball career finally caught up to him: Maeda needed 28 pitches just to escape the first inning on a brilliantly sunny afternoon, fanning Zimmerman with the bases loaded to end it.His real trouble came in the third when Trea Turner led off with a single and scored on Jayson Werths double. 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England have skilfully manoeuvred themselves into exactly the position they wanted to be in at this stage of the series - one down with three to play, the launchpad from which they rocketed to victory in 2014 in England and four years ago in India.David Gowers 1984-85 tourists managed to beat India after being one down with four to play, but cricket was different then, and the absolutely critical key for England when playing India in the modern, 21st-century, contemporary, up-to-date era of today is to be one down with three to play.The proof is in the numbers. Over the last one third of a century, England have won 100% of their series against India in which they have trailed by a Test with a trio of matches remaining; and a mere 50% of the rubbers which they have led with three Tests to play.Admittedly, each of those samples only contains two series (England drew 1-1 after leading in 2002, and won 4-0 in 2011), and the other eight series between the two countries since 1986 were only three (or, in 2008-09, two) Tests long, but DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE STATS. I repeat: DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE STATS. Stats know all things. England have this series in the bag.Nevertheless, despite the mathematical certainty of eventual victory, there will be some concerns in the England camp as the series moves to Mohali, after a slightly odd performance in Visakhapatnam. They played with resilience and determination, while at the same time managing to cram three collapses into a two-innings match. They fought hard, but abandoned most, if not all, hope as soon as the coin fell on day one. It looks like a crucial toss to win - we have now nothing to lose, said Alastair Cook after being sentenced to field first, exuding the positivity of a mechanic looking under a car bonnet to see a tired-looking goat where the engine should have been. Oooooh, his face said. Thats going to need some work.The nothing to lose approach in the second innings consisted of obdurate defence in the face of a required run rate of 2.7 per over. It appears that victory did not enter much into Englands thoughts, but by aiming only for wicket preservation, all pressure was removed from the Indian bowlers, when even a run rate of, say, 2.3 per over could have established a platform to challenge for victory, forced some of the close catchers back, and engendered some doubts in Indian minds.England would almost certainly still have lost. They would probably have lost more quickly, and by approximately the same margin. Indias bowlers, more skilled and confident than in 2012-13, applied an unremitting stranglehold in favourable conditions, and the difficulty that a world-class technician such as Joe Root had on the fifth morning suggests that England were essentially choosing between two different paths to defeat, between whether to fire up the engines of the Titanic or shut them down. The iceberg had already won.The model for Englands attempted escape was South Africas epic one-run-per-over 143-over constipatogrind in Delhi last year, when India could only take five wickets in the first 138 overs, before a rapid denouement. There were similarities in the two scenarios, and perhaps if Cook had survived the final over on day four, England would have come closer to achieving their goal.But there were significant differences too - the South Africans had been dismantled over four Tests, bowled out for 214 or less in six consecutive innings, crushed, defeated and confused. England were level in the series, after a strong first Test, and had been outplayed but competitive for most of this match. A year ago, India had declared in a position of near complete invulnerability, setting a target of 481; England had taken that decision out of Kohlis hands, impressively bowling India out to keep the target within the range of the massively-unlikely-but-precedented.Will they regret not taking a bolder strategy, even if it would have resulted in the same defeat? Will they regret not taking more of a chance in their second innings in Rajkot? In all likelihood, they would still be one-nil down with three to play - perhaps they had indeed studied the numbers.The advent of in-mouth salivometers cannot come soon enough for cricket, after the financial naughty-stepping of Faf du Plessis for allegedly sugaring the pill in the Hobart Test. Without him using confectionery-enhanced flobble, of course, Australia would have scored 680 for 4 and won by an innings or two. Until the spitologists invent the technology to measure and regulate cricketers mouthic expectorances, such controversies could be easily avoided if an independent nurse were on hand to swab all the fielding teams gobs at the end of each over, and force any player with an above-regulation level of slobber to eat a packet of extremely dry biscuits. 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Back in the old days, of course, before the intrusion of the prying lens of the camera, players would take the field with a bar of soap in their mouth, or in trousers slathered with beef dripping, or wearing sunhats made of beehives, giving a ready supply of honey to apply to one side of the ball.Rumour has it that one 1920s England player was selected purely because he had unusually baggy cheeks, and could keep a pint of engine oil secreted in his floppy jowls for an entire session of cricket, while, in the county game, decades before Dennis Lillees metal bat, a team was found to have tampered with the balls for their home matches by inserting a powerful magnet under the leather. That season, Albert Metalgloves Frockinghurst took a record 163 catches and 73 stumpings, while conceding zero byes.In the early days of professional cricket, the great Frantshire spinner Carslake Stroughtmorden famously gelled his hair with wet cement every morning, then ran his fingers through his flowing locks before each ball so that the drying construction material would form an adhesive coating on his fingers, enabling him to spin the ball by anything up to eight yards off the straight. He could regularly be seen chipping the now-hardened substance off his hands at the end of play. Those were more innocent days, of course, when such things were unscrutinised by the media.Jayant Yadavs debut may not leap off the scorecard in years to come, but he had an influential match in all three disciplines, with 62 runs, four wickets and a major role in the important run-out of Haseeb Hameed. The last Indian to score 50 or more runs and take three or more wickets on Test debut was Sourav Ganguly in 1996 (who took three wickets in each of his first two Tests, but only twice more in his last 111); before him, Venkatapathy Raju, the left-arm spinner who made 31 and 21 on debut, then only passed 20 once more in 27 Tests of certifiable rabbitery. Cranking the stat-threshold up slightly, Yadav is only the 14th player to score 60 or more runs and take four or more wickets on Test debut; the first since Tim Southee in March 2008, and only the second Indian after Syed Abid Ali, the allrounder who took 6 for 55 and 1 for 61, and scored a pair of 33s, against Australia in Adelaide in December 1967.● Hameeds run-out was only the ninth suffered by a top-five England batsman in Tests this decade, out of 725 dismissals, making England by far the team least likely to lose a top-five player to a run-out this decade (other than Zimbabwe, who have played the fewest Tests since 2010, and whose top five are yet to register a run-out but have proved adept at many other forms of dismissal).Only one in every 80 dismissals of a top-five England player has been a run-out since 2010; leading the way in likeliest top-order run-out candidates are Australia - 24 out of 658, or one every 27 top-five innings. (Behind them: Pakistan 32; South Africa 33; India 34; New Zealand 34; Bangladesh 44; Sri Lanka 48; West Indies 54.)English top-order batsmen have a long-established tradition of not running between the wickets as incompetently as their peers. In the 2000s, only West Indies (once every 46 innings) were less likely to suffer a top-five run-out than England (45). Perennial risk-runners Australia (24) were second only to Zimbabwe (22) in top orders most likely to be run out.From 1980 to 1999 - not, it may fairly be said, an era of untrammelled batting success for England - not losing top-order wickets to idiotic top-order run-outs was the one area in which England led the cricketing universe - again, only one every 45 innings, well ahead of second-placed Pakistan (33.5), with all the other teams in the 25-30 range.England lost all ten wickets for under 90 runs for the second time in three Tests, having only done so four times in 241 Tests since being skittled for 77 by Glenn McGrath at Lords in 1997. 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